| Date |
Event |
| 1067 |
First Mention of the St Clairs in Scotland
(In the Genealogie....) |
| 1099 |
Donald III dies. Last king to be buried on Iona |
| 1113 |
Selkirk Abbey founded |
| 1118 |
Knights Templar founded in Jerusalem |
| 1124 |
David I becomes king. Later grants land to KT |
| 1128 |
Holyrood and Kelso Abbeys founded |
| 1136 |
Melrose Abbey established |
| 1138 |
St Magnus Catherdral, Orkney, begun |
| 1138 |
Jedburgh Abbey founded |
| 1140 |
Dryburgh Abbey established |
| 1142 |
Dundrennan Abbey founded |
| 1151 |
Founding of Kinloss Abbey |
| 1153 |
David I dies |
| 1160 |
Founding of Saddell Abbey |
| 1163 |
Paisley Abbey comes in to being |
| 1165 |
Wiilliam I ('the Lion') enthroned |
| 1178 |
An abbey is erected at Arbroath |
| 1214 |
William the Lion dies, Alexander II king |
| 1227 |
Balmerino Abbey founded |
| 1248 |
First Collegiate Church in Scotland established at St
Andrews
(by the church not a family) |
| 1249 |
Alexander II dies, his son, Alexander III become king |
| 1251 |
Alexander married Margaret of England |
| 1274 |
William Wallace and Robert the Bruce both born in this
year |
| 1278 |
Alexander visits Edward I in London |
| 1286 |
Alexander III dies |
| 1291 |
Edward I asked to arbitrate between 13 competitors to the
throne |
| 1291 |
Knights Templar suffer a defeat at Acre. As a fighting force they cease
to exist. |
| 1292 |
Edward favours John Balliol who is crowned in November |
| 1295 |
The 'Auld Alliance' created by a 'mutual defence' treaty
with France |
| 1296 |
Balliol defies Edward who invades Scotland and steals the Stone of
Destiny |
| 1297 |
Wallace rises and defeats English at Stirling Bridge |
| 1298 |
Edward invades Scotland and defeats Wallace at Falkirk. The Grand
Master of the Knight Templar and his Lieutenant are killed fight with the English
forces |
| 1301 |
Scots in Rome to plead Scotland's case to the Pope |
| 1302 |
Robert the Bruce does fealty to Edward I |
| 1302 |
The new Knights Templar (recruited after Acre
1291) are wiped out at Raud |
| 1303 |
Scots victorious at the battle of Roslin (24th Feb) |
| 1305 |
Wallace captured and executed |
| 1306 |
Robert the Bruce murders John 'the Red' Comyn at Dumfries
(10th Feb) |
| 1306 |
Robert crowned king at Scone (25th March) |
| 1306 |
Battle of Methven, Bruce defeated. (19th June) |
| 1307 |
Battle of Loudon Hill, inconclusive (May) |
| 1307 |
Edward I dies (July) |
| 1307 |
Knights Templar in France arrested
by Phillip
IV (13th October) |
| 1307 |
October - the earliest fugitive KT could have come to
Scotland/Argyle |
| 1307 |
Battle of Inverurie (24th December) |
| 1308 |
Battle of Brander Pass. The MacDougall's of Argyll defeated
(15th August) |
| 1309 |
Robert I's first Parliament, held at St Andrews, Phillip of France's request
that the Knights Templar in Scotland be arrested is discussed. Outcome not known |
| 1312 |
The medieval Order of the Knights Templar
dissolved by the Council of Vienne
Knight Templar property transferred to the
Knights of St John (Hospitallers) |
| 1312 |
Medieval Order of Knight Templar extinct |
| 1314 |
Scottish forces under Robert I are victorious at the
Battle of Bannockburn (23rd - 24th June) |
| 1316 |
Edward Bruce crowned king of Ireland |
| 1318 |
Last English stronghold in Scotland, Berwick-on-Tweed, retaken by the
Scots |
| 1318 |
Edward Bruce killed in battle |
| 1320 |
Declaration of Arbroath |
| 1324 |
Bruce finally recognised by the Pope as King of Scots |
| 1328 |
Abernethy Collegiate Church
established (Perth) |
| 1329 |
Robert I dies (7th June) David II becomes king |
| 1342 |
Dunbar Collegiate Church created |
| 1346 |
Scots defeated at Neville's Cross.
David II made prisoner |
| 1357 |
David II returns to Scotland |
| 1365 |
Jean Froissart visits Scotland |
| 1371 |
David II dies. Robert II becomes
king |
| 1379 |
Henry Sinclair of Rosslyn becomes
Earl of Orkney |
| 1389 |
Lincluden
Collegiate Church. Archibald Douglas (Kirkcudbright) |
| 1390 |
Robert II dies. Robert III becomes
king |
| 1392 |
Maybole
Collegiate Church. Kennedys of Dunure (Ayrshire) |
| 1397 |
Bothwell Collegiate Church. Douglas family (Lanarkshire) |
| 1400 |
Henry IV invades Scotland |
| 1406 |
Dalkeith Collegiate Church. Lord of Dalkeith (Midlothian) |
| 1406 |
Prince James captured and imprisoned
in England |
| 1406 |
Robert III dies and James I becomes
king whilst still imprisoned |
| 1411 |
First Scottish university - St
Andrews established |
| 1413 |
Kilmaurs
Collegiate Church. William Cunningham (Ayrshire) |
| 1421 |
Bothans Collegiate Church. Four local families (East Lothian) |
| 1422 |
First record of Scots forming the
French monarch's bodyguard |
| 1424 |
Carnwath Collegiate Church. Thomas
Somerville (Lanarkshire) |
| 1424 |
James I returns from captivity in
England |
| 1425 |
James I warns against the declining
standards within the clergy |
| 1425/29 |
Corstorphine Collegiate Church. Sir
John Forester (edinburgh) |
| 1433 |
Methven.
Walter Stewart. (Perthshire) |
| 1437 |
James I assassinated at Perth. James
II becomes king |
| 1440 |
Earl of Douglas and his brother
executed |
| 1441 |
Kilmun. Sir Duncan Campbell
(Argyllshire) |
| 1444 |
Dirleton Collegiate Church. Sir
Walter Haliburton (East Lothian) |
| 1446 |
Foundation stone of Rosslyn Chapel (Rosslyn Collegiate
Church) laid |
| 1448 |
Dunglass Collegiate Church. The Home family
(East Lothian) |
| 1448 |
Franco-Scottish alliance renewed at
Tours |
| 1449 |
Crichton Collegiate Church. William,
Lord Crichton (Mid Lothian) |
| 1450? |
Markle. ? (East Lothian) |
| 1450/1 |
Hamilton Collegiate Church. James,
Lord Hamilton. (Lanarkshire) |
| 1451 |
Glasgow university founded by Bishop
Turnbull |
| 1452 |
Earl of Douglas murdered by James II |
| 1453 |
Easter Fowlis Collegiate Church,
Angus, founded by Andrew, Lord Grey |
| 1453 |
Dumbarton Collegiate Church,
Dunbarton, established by the
Duchess of Albany. |
| 1456 |
Sir Gilbert Hay, at the behest of
William Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, translates The Buke of the Law of
Armys. The first literary prose in Scots |
| 1460 |
James II killed, at Roxburgh, by an exploding
cannon. His son becomes James III |
| 1460 |
Edinburgh Trinity College Church,
Edinburgh, founded by Mary,
Queen of Scotland |
| 1466 |
Edinburgh St Giles becomes a
ollegiate church sponsored by the magistrates
and burgesses of the city. |
| 1468 |
The crown rents of Orkney pledged,
by Christian I of Norway, as part of the dowry of his daughter Margaret to
James III |
| 1472 |
Following the failure to redeem the
pledge James III annexed Orkney |
| 1473 |
Coldingham Collegiate Church,
Berwickshire, founded by John
Hume |
| 1479 |
Guthrie Collegiate Church, Angus,
endowed by Sir David
Guthrie |
| c.1480 |
The builder of Rosslyn Chapel, William St. Clair dies
(possibly as late as 1484) |
| 1482 |
James III imprisoned by the barons |
| 1483 |
James III restored to power. The
Duke of Albany flees Scotland |
| 1487 |
Foundation of Restalrig Collegiate Church,
Edinburgh, by John Frissell |
| 1487 |
Tain Collegiate Church, Ross-shire,
created by James III |
| 1488 |
Rebellion against, and assassination
of, James III. His son becomes James IV |
| 1488 |
Seton Collegiate Church founded by the Seton family |
| 1495 |
University of Aberdeen established |
| 1507 |
Introduction of printing into
Scotland |
| 1510 |
James IV proposes a new crusade |
| 1513 |
Birth of the Protestant Reformer
John Knox |
| 1513 |
French appeals for assistance
against Henry VIII leads to the Battle of Flodden - the cream of the Scots
aristocracy are killed, including James IV. His son becomes James V |
| 1517 |
Franco-Scottish alliance renewed
with the Treaty of Rouen |
| 1540 |
James V recognises the 'kingdom' of
"John Faw, lord and erle of little Egypt", an permits his laws to govern
his people. |
| 1542 |
Lead by Oliver Sinclair the Scots
army is defeated at the battle Solway Moss |
| 1543 |
The Seton family begin to build
Seton Palace first Scottish mansion |
| 1544 |
England invade Scotland and sack
Edinburgh |
| 1545 |
Scots defeat England at the battle
of Ancrum Moor |
| 1546 |
First Protestant martyr, George
Wishart, burnt at St Andrews (1st March) |
| 1547 |
John Knox goes into exile |
| 1548 |
Mary, Queen of Scots, goes to France |
| 1550 |
The 'little ice age' begins (lasts
until about 1700) |
| 1552 |
First mention of golf being played
at St Andrews |
| 1554 |
Mary of Guise becomes regent |
| 1555 |
The Lords of the Congregation formed
by Lord James Stewart with the encouragement of John Knox |
| 1557 |
Signing of the first Covenant |
| 1558 |
Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the
Dauphine of France |
| 1558 |
John Knox publishes First Blast
of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women |
| 1559 |
John Know returns to Scotland. The
stripping of the churches begins |
| 1560 |
Death of Mary of Guise. Fall of the
Roman Catholic church in Scotland. Reformation Parliament formed. Creation
of the General Assembly of the Kirk. The Book of Discipline and the
Geneva Bible published |
| 1561 |
Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to
Scotland. Riots in Edinburgh when magistrates enforce a ban on the Robin
Hood pageant |
| 1563 |
Witchcraft becomes a civil crime |
| 1565 |
Queen Mary marries Lord Darnley.
Food shortages |
| 1566 |
The Queen's favourite, David Riccio,
murdered in Holy Rood Palace |
| 1567 |
Darnley murdered. Mary marries the
Earl of Bothwell. Mary deposed. James VI (one year old) becomes king with
Earl of Moray as Regent |
| 1568 |
Mary escapes from Loch Leven castle.
Battle of Langside. Mary defeated and flees to England. |
| 1569 |
Archbishop James Beaton establishes
the Scots College in Paris |
| 1570 |
Regent Moray assassinated |
| 1571 |
Wars of religion. The 'Kings Lords'
besiege Edinburgh Castle which is held by the 'Queen's Lords'. |
| 1572 |
Earl of Morton becomes Regent. Death
of John Knox |
| 1573 |
Edinburgh Castle surrenders and is
virtually destroyed |
| 1575 |
Unauthorised beggars ordered to be
whipped and branded |
| 1578 |
James VI assumes government of
Scotland |
| 1579 |
First bible printed in Scotland |
| 1581 |
Fall and execution of the Regent
Morton |
| 1583 |
William Schaw appointed the King's
Maister o' Wark |
| 1598/9 |
First Lodge records are written -
Lodge Aitcheson's Haven - a stonemasons' Lodge - modern
Freemasonry is about to begin |
| 1634 |
First non-stonemasons join a
stonemasons' Lodge (The Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel), No.1 (still
meets in Edinburgh) If
Freemasonry is defined by non-stonemasons
in a Lodge then modern
Freemasonry begins here. If it is defined
by men (whether or not they are stonemasons) coming together in Lodges
then
Freemasonry begins in 1598/9 (because earlier records are
lacking) |
| 1778 |
Earliest evidence used to link
Freemasonry and the KT.
For
more details click here |
| 1797 |
First reference that
Scottish Freemasonry was directly descended from the medieval Roman
Catholic Order of Knights Templar - dissolved 1312. |
| c.1814 |
Modern Masonic Templars established |
| 1819 |
Ivanhoe written by Sir Walter Scott |
| 1837 |
James Burnes writes a 'history' for
the Masonic Knights Templar of Scotland all of which were adopted by
modern writers as fact |
| 1843 |
The Masonic KT of Scotland publish
their first set of 'rules and regulations' appended to which is Scott's
history of the Knights Templar but omitting all of his cautionary comments |
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